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Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Jimmy Greene has emerged as a positive young presence in the creative music world. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut on February 24, 1975. Greene's parents started him on alto saxophone at age six, and encouraged him to practice. Greene formed his first quintet while in high school, and began composing music soon thereafter. He studied at the Hartt School/University of Hartford, graduating in 1997. In September 1997, he moved to New York City, not long after becoming a member of the Horace Silver Quintet. In addition to the legendary pianist's group, Greene has performed regularly with the groups of Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Steve Turre, Lewis Nash, Avishai Cohen, Claudia Acuña, Kenny Barron, and Ralph Peterson, as well as the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, New Jazz Composers' Octet, and the big bands of Harry Connick, Jr., Jason Lindner, and Kendrick Oliver. Greene's own bands have performed in New York at The Jazz Standard, The Village Vanguard, Smoke, Small's, and Birdland, in addition to tours of Russia, Brazil, and Uruguay. Greene was honored in the June 1999 issue of Down Beat magazine.
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To learn more about this artist, visit: www.jimmygreene.com
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